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[Anastasia]

Seira sees progress, hers producing slow and steady as they learn.

At the same time Jetina murmurs, "Will these avail us against the true threats of Beyond?" she wonders aloud.

Yes and no.

Nothing is consistent in the Far Realm, Beyond does what Beyond will. Moreover, those made by deities will be less effective than those made by mortals.

It's good to see you again, all of you.

"Sylvie?" Kascha looks up from her efforts as Ranbar says focused, Sanzha casually weaving a pair of chains together in a braid.

"A voice to the name," Kaja remarks, "Good to hear you at last. Moore's not given up on you."

[Corwin]

That's another time deities are shafted in favor of mortals, Seira notes. Please tell us the reason for it so I can see if I'm understanding the situation properly.

[Anastasia]

A sidelong glance, "Another time?" Jetina asks, "There's a first?"

Meanwhile...

The Beyond resists divine power of all kinds.

The One that they are resists those who are also One, or who are close to it - the divine. They reject our reality and our Creation.

There is no Answer Beyond.

[Corwin]

So becoming One would allow me to negate that disadvantage?

[Anastasia]

No, but it may help.

Unless you succeed even where Io did not, where only the Incarnations have succeeded.

"It strikes me as being a bit different than that," It's Ranbar who speaks up, "Have you ever tried pushing two magnets of the same power against each other? They repel, not attract. The theory's complicated, but in essence like repels and opposites attract."

"Hm." A small noise from Xandra, "Different but both are One, but incompatible Ones. Similar and yet opposite."

[Corwin]

"Something to study, then!" Seira says cheerfully, indeed inspecting everyone's progress. She's not too familiar with Moore's group, but she has a proper deity in Amaryl, one taking her first baby steps in Kascha, someone as close to divinity without actually crossing over in Sanzha and a proper quasi-mortal with Ranbar. Observing an actual mortal like Kaja would probably complete the set, she muses, and then she could see the differences and try to experiment with her own powers.

[Anastasia]

Moore, since it matters for your group's side -they aren't anarchs and prepared for instance - are you running your Charisma aura?

[Nephrite]

"So, to try and walk you all through something we did... try to imagine everything in Creation embodied as a chain." Moore says, gesturing to Rambar and the others. "I'll try and make it easier for you to accomplish, but... focus your will into that idea."

Charisma aura for +16 if any checks are needed here.

[Nephrite]

you beat me to it

[Anastasia]

It's like reverse pixie terror.

> roll 1d20+28 Cresiel
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 45 > [d20=17]
> roll 1d20+29 Xandra
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 47 > [d20=18]
> roll 1d20+22 Kaja
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 36 > [d20=14]
> roll 1d20+25 Jetina
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 31 > [d20=6]

Chains are starting to form - Xandra and Cresiel, while the others struggle away, working.

It's easier here.

This is a place where those chains are supposed to be.

[Nephrite]

"So if we tried to manifest them in the Far Realm, it'd be significantly more difficult?" Moore asks.

[Corwin]

Seira tries to see whether her divine will, nascent anarch powers or just plain arcane control over reality can affect the way others form such chains, perhaps similarly to a bubble of planar space or aura around her.

[Anastasia]

Yes.

Seira is able to do so, bending her will so that the chains crumble apart.

[Corwin]

"That's nice, it could work to increase your difficulty," Seira muses, now trying to see whether she can use her powers in the opposite way and help others along.

[Nephrite]

Moore decides to try something for his own — using only his will and his anarch powers, he tries to manifest a blue shield in front of himself.

To be clearer, of the same creation-stuff as the chains.